Comments on: Toward a Missional Vision of Theological Education: Character Formation http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/ exploring the mystery of life and mission as one and the same Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:31:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jrrozko http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6093 jrrozko Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:57:12 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6093 Unbelievable. An email is on the way! Unbelievable. An email is on the way!

]]> By: Jennifer Lux http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6092 Jennifer Lux Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:29:53 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6092 Hey J.R., It's Jen McKay from Malone. Wanted you to know that I randomly came across your blog in the past few months and have been chatting with my husband about your missional-mindedness. Your thoughts ring so true with some of the struggles we have been having about living and worshipping in the suburbs. So thank you for spurring on our conversations. Also, wanted to let you know that we live in Batavia, IL and would like to connect/reconnect with you at some point (if you're up for that!). Any way, blessings to you and I look forward to more thoughts on these topics in the future. Hey J.R., It's Jen McKay from Malone. Wanted you to know that I randomly came across your blog in the past few months and have been chatting with my husband about your missional-mindedness. Your thoughts ring so true with some of the struggles we have been having about living and worshipping in the suburbs. So thank you for spurring on our conversations. Also, wanted to let you know that we live in Batavia, IL and would like to connect/reconnect with you at some point (if you're up for that!). Any way, blessings to you and I look forward to more thoughts on these topics in the future.

]]> By: jrrozko http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6076 jrrozko Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:23:27 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6076 Love it! Love it!

]]> By: jrrozko http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6078 jrrozko Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:59:49 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6078 Wait, you mean to tell me that you think it's possible for someone to go through a process as well thought out as this and not emerge perpetually perfect on the other side?! Kidding. This is a great question. Yes, in the process of training, I think the answer lies in this communal process of discerning the development of character and giftedness within leaders. After this, I think it's a larger issue of how a community cares for and restores those leaders who fail in significant ways. Please add more if you had further thoughts. Wait, you mean to tell me that you think it's possible for someone to go through a process as well thought out as this and not emerge perpetually perfect on the other side?!

Kidding. This is a great question. Yes, in the process of training, I think the answer lies in this communal process of discerning the development of character and giftedness within leaders. After this, I think it's a larger issue of how a community cares for and restores those leaders who fail in significant ways.

Please add more if you had further thoughts.

]]> By: Jason Coker http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6077 Jason Coker Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:21:17 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6077 This is great stuff JR. I'm really appreciating how you're addressing specific Christendom paradigms that must be overturned. Love it. The flip side of this particular subject is, of course, discipline and restoration for those who fail or "relapse" (so-to-speak). Obviously that would be deeply embedded in #3, but you don't specifically address how our paradigms of processing failure need to be overturned. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. This is great stuff JR. I'm really appreciating how you're addressing specific Christendom paradigms that must be overturned. Love it.

The flip side of this particular subject is, of course, discipline and restoration for those who fail or "relapse" (so-to-speak). Obviously that would be deeply embedded in #3, but you don't specifically address how our paradigms of processing failure need to be overturned. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that.

]]> By: JoshGarrington http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6075 JoshGarrington Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:28:47 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6075 "I shall always I trust continue dead against any approval to a college sort of thing, which can never produce anything but parsons... we want to train men to be like us." -Commissioner George Scott Railton, Nov. 1877 Found that quote today and thought you might like it. Commissioner Railton was the man responsible for officially starting the Salvation Army in the U.S. "I shall always I trust continue dead against any approval to a college sort of thing, which can never produce anything but parsons… we want to train men to be like us."
-Commissioner George Scott Railton, Nov. 1877

Found that quote today and thought you might like it. Commissioner Railton was the man responsible for officially starting the Salvation Army in the U.S.

]]> By: jrrozko http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6073 jrrozko Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:22:00 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6073 Yeah, don't worry, we're getting there! Yeah, don't worry, we're getting there!

]]> By: Josh Garrington http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6072 Josh Garrington Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:05:16 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6072 Good post. I can't find a single thing in here to argue with you about this time :) Actually, I agree wholeheartedly with the assements you've given here. I still have trouble wrapping my head around how to accomplish this in real life, i.e. what practical model could be used. I'm hoping you're going to give us an example or two in an upcoming post! Good post. I can't find a single thing in here to argue with you about this time :)

Actually, I agree wholeheartedly with the assements you've given here. I still have trouble wrapping my head around how to accomplish this in real life, i.e. what practical model could be used. I'm hoping you're going to give us an example or two in an upcoming post!

]]> By: jrrozko http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6071 jrrozko Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:48:03 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6071 Hey Ben, thanks for you comment and following the series. I haven't come across the book you mentioned yet, but I'll put it on my list of books to check out. For me and others that might be wondering, is there any way you can summarize where and how that book intersects with what I have been trying to say? Would it provide a critique? Additional insights? Different ideological resources? Hey Ben, thanks for you comment and following the series. I haven't come across the book you mentioned yet, but I'll put it on my list of books to check out. For me and others that might be wondering, is there any way you can summarize where and how that book intersects with what I have been trying to say? Would it provide a critique? Additional insights? Different ideological resources?

]]> By: Ben Lee http://lifeasmission.com/blog/2009/12/toward-a-missional-vision-of-theological-education-character-formation/comment-page-1/#comment-6070 Ben Lee Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:59:14 +0000 http://lifeasmission.com/blog/?p=1351#comment-6070 I have been following your posts on Missional Theological Education. I know you are in a process journey as you reflect on this topic. I am not sure if you have read Paulo Freire's book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, but you might find this helpful to you. I have been following your posts on Missional Theological Education. I know you are in a process journey as you reflect on this topic. I am not sure if you have read Paulo Freire's book Pedagogy of the Oppressed, but you might find this helpful to you.

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